Quotes

I suck at [being guarded]. I'm an open book. I have no filter. And sometimes that's a bad thing. But at least you know it's honest.

I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.

Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do.

I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom.

I try to bring my mascara everywhere because I'm a blonde and you know blondes have really light eyelashes, you always wanna put more and more on 'til they look like spiders, that's just what I do.

I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.

It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close.

I've always wanted to sing country music.

There was a time when my mom would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.

Sometimes, if I have a big enough purse, I'll bring my perfume or something. Right now, I really like Beaute, it's by Johan B. and it's really nice, so I like that.

I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted.

I've always had God, but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking, a place where I can think about being a better person.

I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship.

I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me.

I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.

There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.

A lot of people don't know this, but when Dancing with the Stars (2005) first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith.

You have to remember where you came from, and I definitely have enough brothers and sisters to kick me in the butt whenever I get out of line!

I cannot go to sleep without reading.

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.

I'd get invited to parties, and instead it would be these abandoned houses.

But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.

I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I'm a chatterbox.

My first dance ever on Dancing with the Stars (2005) was to "Let's Hear it for the Boy".

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair.

Well, I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain "Come on Over" CD and that's about it.

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.

My go-to prebikini flat-ab move is the plank, all different types.

I totally think there was a country hair phase. If you look at all the mullets, and Dolly Parton, and Reba McEntire's hair, Tim McGraw's hair, Blake Shelton's hair, they definitely had their moments.

It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was Footloose (2011) and in my second film, I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal.

I knew if I stayed in London, my whole life would be dancing. I'd won almost every major title you can. I thought "This really isn't my passion. I really want to sing," and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed there.

[On posing nude for Woman's Health magazine] I didn't want to do a demure shoot where I was trying to cover my body. I wanted to do something where I was free. Now I'm walking around naked all the time, and I love it!